ST
JOHN COLONY, TEXAS

The
St. John Landmark Baptist Church along FM 672 Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, April 2009

History on a Pinhead

St. John Colony started with a group of Black farming families who purchased land
here in the early 1870s. Since their leader was the Reverend John Henry Winn,
the town was first called Winnís Colony. After the building of St. John
Missionary Baptist Church, the community was renamed. A school at St. John Colony
was kept in operation through the mid 1960s. See:A
Visit to St. John ColonySt.
John Historical Marker

The
dilapidating St. John Zion Union Baptist Church on county road 167 Photo courtesy
Terry
Jeanson, April 2009

The
newer St. John Regular Baptist Church with the older 1956 building on the right.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, April 2009

Weathered
granite tablets in front of the St. John Regular Baptist Church relating the origin
and the history of St. John Colony. Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, April 2009. More Texas
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